Great Expectations - Poem

This spoken word piece explores the quiet ache of living by someone else's script; and the liberation that comes from reclaiming your own rhythm, truth, and becoming. Written and composed by yours truly.

Transcript

Do not be fooled by expectations,

For they are clever in their ways,

Picture-perfect and just right on the darkest of our days.

Sure,

They grant us courage,

More so distract us on this journey,

Dress up in the robes of destiny,

But often pull us from the now.

From the wild,

The raw,

The messy,

Where real life lives and breathes unseen,

Not polished but profound,

In the cracks,

The in-between,

And the beauty we've yet to allow.